# TurboGears Development Status

As of the second public release of TurboGears, 0.8a1, TurboGears should be considered alpha software. This means that there can be breaking API changes between now and 1.0. TurboGears will reach 1.0 quickly. Here are the requirements for 1.0:

- CherryPy 2.1 release — they're already at 2.1rc2, so this should not be long.
- The remaining parts of documentation for TurboGears itself (add additional install instructions, unit testing instructions)
- Test scenarios and provide good real-life deployment instructions for TurboGears
- Integrate community feedback and contributions for standard database routines and authentication

It is worth noting that after 1.0, breaking API changes will only come in major point releases and will be documented. Wherever possible deprecation warnings and automated migrations will ease the transition for backwards incompatible API changes. TurboGears 1.0 will be a stable platform to build on.